Dunkin’ is defending the vast majority of the recent changes to its popular rewards program that set social media ablaze with upset customers. “We rolled out our Dunkin’ Perks program in 2014, and we haven’t made any changes in the last eight years,” Dunkin’ president Scott Murphy said on Yahoo Finance Live. “We went out and talked to our core users and said, ‘What do you want from a program?’ They said they wanted three things: They wanted more variety because in the old program, you could… Source link
Read More »Coffee visits to Starbucks, Dunkin’ drop as record-high inflation takes hold
As inflation reaches new record-highs, more Americans are ditching their daily cup of joe — at least at big coffee chains like Dunkin’ and Starbucks (SBUX). According to new data from foot traffic analytics platform Placer.ai, coffee visits dropped below quick service restaurants for the first time all year during the month of June due to “a combination of inflation, high gas prices, and the rise in COVID cases,” the report noted. Over the past two years — as the pandemic hammered fast… Source link
Read More »Dunkin’ Donuts is the latest consumer favorite to take stand on Russia
Russia won’t run on Dunkin’ — at least anymore. U.S. multinational coffeehouse Dunkin’ Donuts is the latest consumer favorite to part ways with its business ties to Russia, joining a growing-by-the-minute list of corporations shunning the country in response to President Vladimir Putin’s military invasion of Ukraine. “Dunkin’ has suspended all current development and investment in Russia,” a spokesperson told Yahoo Finance Friday, indicating the company has approximately 20… Source link
Read More »Why former Dunkin’ Donuts CEO is now in the car wash business
It wasn’t too long ago that Dave Hoffmann told me about his life in the restaurant industry. “I am sort of a product of minimum wage. I grew up in the restaurants. That has been my whole life. It was burgers and fries at 16 and it’s donuts at 50,” Hoffmann recalled in a 2018 interview on the day he was announced as the next CEO of then publicly traded Dunkin’ Brands. Hoffmann — who before Dunkin’ spent years as a top executive at McDonald’s — went on to sell Dunkin’ Brands to Arby’s… Source link
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